TL;DR
Farcaster power: 300k monthly active users, cool innovations, $degen tips, frames, etc.
Namespace mission alignment: democratizing access to ENS-based Web3 identity through the social layer
ENS Subnames arrived on Farcaster and people can sell (issue or gift) them through Frames with ease through the Namespace platform
Why is this important
Instructions: How to issue Subnames through Farcaster Frames
Farcaster power
The future of social networks is certainly decentralized and Farcaster is proof of that. It’s safe to say that what Farcaster did in the previous months is nothing short of extraordinary. They’ve recently reached a new milestone of 300k active monthly users and have developed some top-notch innovations around the social network itself, web3 identity, social graphs, protocol design, and other areas. They are actively pushing the boundaries in decentralized social network space, pioneering some of the coolest features like Tips ($DEGEN powered tips as user-chosen best content), Frames (programmable interactive posts), and Actions to further supercharge the user experience with more utility.
Namespace mission alignment
Namespace’s mission has always been to democratize access to web3 identity by making ENS available and accessible everywhere and the social layer of the new decentralized internet is closely tied to our identities.
We do this by:
Giving developers cool and easy-to-use tools for integrating ENS and managing subnames
Integrating directly with wallets, games, communities, etc. offering L1, offchain, and soon L2 ENS subnames
building on top of through fun, creative, trendy products and innovations in the space, providing the community (ENS Name owners) creative ways to utilize their ENS names
As Web3 developers, we love to experiment and test other teams’ products. This is the type of mindset that we advocate for and it’s the type of mindset that led us to become 1) the Farcaster OGs and 2) Farcaster builders.
We are using new technologies and innovations in the Web3 space as onboarding vehicles to equip everyone with Web3-native digital identity powered by ENS!
ENS Subnames 🤝 Farcaster Frames
Starting today, all ENS Name owners can issue (gift or sell) ENS Subnames through Farcaster Frames! Not only that, they can use the entire Namespace selling customization setup and set up different prices for different types of subnames. These Subnames are 100% unruggable, emancipated from the parent-level name, and completely in the hands of the users minting them. A perfect use-case for issuing unruggable web3 identity using Farcaster Frames and a protocol pioneering decentralized social networks in which a great part of our identity lies.
Why is this BIG?
Farcaster is the breakthrough app of Web3 social networking and it’s expected to keep growing. In fact, Cap predicts it will 10x its monthly active users by this year’s end: https://warpcast.com/thecap.eth/0xf4f9cbbe :)
For any protocol or a chain to keep growing it’s important, among other things, to develop a strong community of
hardcore builders and
hardcore degens
Farcaster is a perfect mix of both, all hosted on a novel decentralized social layer.
Furthermore, as Web3 is still (for the most part) in its R&D and experimental phase of evolution, it’s very important to test and use new technology, innovations, products and chains and even social movements like degen-culture to leverage their strength to onboard people to crypto and ENS.
And benefits of having an ENS name or a subname as your dedicated web3 identity and a name for your wallet is already well established by now!
In a nutshell, this is our first meaningful attempt to experiment with the social layer as a way to issue digital identity to people.
How to issue Subnames through a Farcaster Frame?
Go to the Namespace platform: https://app.namespace.tech/
Connect your wallet and sign the Term of Service.
Navigate to “Account”
Then click on the “Manager” tab
Select the ENS Name you want to issue Subnames from
If the selected name is not Wrapped, you must Wrap it by clicking the “Wrap” button.
After that, you can customize the minting price for different subnames:
Set base minting price
Set special price for subnames based on length (special price for 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. letters subnames)
Set special prices for digits-only, letters-only, or emoji-only characters
Reserve some subnames for yourself and disallow people to mint them
Or mint special subnames for special prices
**Note, other features like Whitelisting, Deadline, and Token-gated minting currently don’t work for Frames!
After you’re happy with the setup, click LIST.
Head over to the “Widgets” tab now
Click on Frames and generate a Warpcast link and share it and voila, you’re all set!
For more step-by-step guide on how to do this, check out our Frames Docs.